CHIEFS CONFER.
AUSTRALIA AND N.Z.
FIGHTING SERVICES.
MUTUAL DEFENCE TALKS.
WELLINGTON, this day..
The Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones, interviewed to-day, said a proposal that staff talk* should l>e held between the chiefs of the New Zealand naval, general and air staffs and the chiefs of the respective Australian stafle had been approved recently by the Government and agreed to by the Commonwealth Government. The purpose of these talks ie to allow but full discuesione,,. on all matters' of defence. Major-General Sir John Duigan, Chief of the General Staff, and Group-Captain H. W. L. Saunders, Chief of the Air Staff, left New Zealand on Tuesday last - for • Melbourne, where they have now arrived. Commodore W. E. Parry, Chief of the, Naval Staff, took the opportunity when in Australia recently of discussing with the Chief of the Commonwealth Naval Staff all matters of common concern regarding naval defence. v
"The Government attaches the greatest importance to the maintenance of full and effective liaison between the chiefs of etaffe of the two countries," concluded Mr. Jones.—(Press Assn.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 223, 19 September 1940, Page 8
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